"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news this noon, a local dry-cleaners

are heavily damaged after a porsche goes straight into the building. and temple university has reportedly chose a new football coach to row place matt rhule. and a hearing that could make a difference in bill cosby's sex assault case. his attorneys are fighting to limit the number of accusers that can testify at his trial. katherine scott is following the news at the montgomery county courthouse. >> reporter: sara there were fireworks right out of the gate this morning. at one point the judge asked both attorneys to keep their voices down at issue today is whether 13 other accusers are allowed to testify in the trial and the rhetoric was heated at times inside of montgomery county courthouse this morning. they just broke for lunch a few minutes ago. cosby is charging with sexually

abusing former temple university employee. the defense wants to keep the women off the witness stand and submitted their own evidence including police statements and news clippings and more. and before the court got to the evidence there was an objection from kevin steele. he called it a means of witness intimidation. >> but he countered that they are adults and they came out in press conferences. and some of the 13 women are clients of attorney, gloria allred in the courtroom today

and she spoke about the importance of allowing these women to testify. >> it's a chance. it's testimony against mr. cosby. one-on-one. with no corroboration from other witnesses, it is important there be corroboration. >> they broke for lunch, and proceedings will continue this afternoon, they will scheduled to continue tomorrow. we are live in norristown, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." a delaware dry-cleaning business is cleaning up after heavy damage after a sports car plowed through the front of the building. police say that a 66-year-old man pressed the gas instead of the brake and crashed his porsche box ter into the laundry mat. he was cited for careless driving. >> a man with a knife held up a local 7-eleven store overnight and got away with cash.

he targeted the store on city avenue in wynnewood. the man came in and threaten aid clerk with the knife at 2:00 this morning and took money and ran across city avenue. they are work on a description of the suspect at this hour. turning to accuweather the conditions are turning much colder as we get close toward an extremely bitter blast of winter, getting gray out there, and it feels pretty chilly but this is nothing compared to what we are dealing with in a few days. david murphy is here with a first check of the forecast. >> the coldest air we are expecting is on the other side. even of the snow, you can see the chillier air is beginning to work its way into ohio and pittsburgh because the precipitation falling is falling as snow. in fact, later on tonight in the evening hours to midnight or so, there is the chance that some of the snow shower activity cuts across the poconos and maybe

clips our northern and western suburbs, it will be showers everywhere else. not expecting a big impact but an indication of the cold air in place. as we take a look at clouds, there are plenty of clouds in place and we see a little bit of sunshine break through at times but overall a mainly cloudy day with sun at times. temperatures start to improve but it's staying chilly. 42 in philadelphia, that is climbing out of the mid-30s from earlier in morning. still in the upper 30s in allentown and lancaster and low 40s in cape may and millville. winds are light and we expect them to stay this way the rest of the day. not a big shoulder hunching wind. 4:00, 40 degrees and the high of 43 right in there around 3:00 this afternoon. but it doesn't take long to get into the 30s, 8:0039 and 10:00,

36 degrees and a shower locally and perhaps a snow shower up north at 10:00. the cold air is still massing up in canada and you see the temperatures below zero in thompson. fort smith all the way back to fairbanks, alaska, that cold air is getting closer to us. it was farther back into the dakotas when i showed you this yesterday. now chicago 16 degrees and omaha 13. it will take another day, day and a half to get here. you'll feel numbers drop tomorrow but thursday and friday it's cold and the winds will make it feel worse with the windchills coming up in accuweather. >> time to get out of town, thank you. in other news now after weeks of speculation, president-elect donald trump has chosen exxon mobil, ceo rex

tillerson, to be his secretary of state, but tillerson's close ties to russia are raising red flags this afternoon. karen travers is talking about the concerns raised by senators in both parties. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, there are high-profile republicans that came out and praised tillerson as a great secretary of state. like dick cheney and condoleezza rice. and there are others that are showing exceptism. and they are vote on his nomination. tillerson doesn't have military or government experience but teted says his pick is one of the truly great business leaders of the world. >> we couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson's proven leadership is willing to step forward to search our nation. >> tillerson spent his entire

career at oil giant, exson mobile. the company ceo since 1996 and now his ties with vladimir putin. >> i have known him since 1999 and i have a close relationship with him. >> three senators, marco rubio, john mccain and lindsay graham are voicing skepticism. >> to lead the department of energy, trump is expected to pick a one time rival. former texas governor, rick perry. a bit of irony, perry would lead the department he was set to eliminate. >> i would do away with -- commerce and lets see, i can't -- the third one i can't. >> and trump is taking heat for

postponing a press conference where he would lay out how he could separate himself from his businesses. and how about this at trump tower, a quick photo-op with kanye west. >> he is a good man. >> donald trump will continue his post election thank you tour tonight with a rally in wisconsin and joined by house speaker, paul ryan. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. espn is reporting that temple has hired jeff collins to take over for matt rhule. his departure followed back to back winning seasons and a college championship. we'll bring you the latest on "action news" beginning at 4:00. >> still to come, they can be found on millions of homes and many holiday wish lists but

there is a recall on these popular food processors. and why the airline says a woman had to be physically removed from her flight. and david murphy has the forecast from accuweather. >> rachel: ho ho ho, everybody. >> this chef is going through one huge holiday heap. >> put some eggnothing -- eggnog in there. >> rachel: then, we'll play a little christmas song charades. i saw

pro government forces in syria have kill said dozens of civilians according to reports from the human rights office. those troops are entering the former strong hold of aleppo. at least 37,000 people have fled the city and hundreds are still in hiding and in extreme danger. there is a warning for a popular kitchen product that can break and cause injuries. 8,000 cuisenart food prosers are breaking apart and leaving pieces in the food. >> imagine having broken bits of a metal blade in your food and

in your mouth. there are dozens of incidents of broken teeth and cuts to the mouth from these products. >> it goes back to machines from 20 years ago. we'll have more details in a live report at 12:30 and you can find more information about the recall online at 6abc.com. the ntsb says that the captain an ill fated cargo ship that sank near the bahamas last year ignored suggestions to change course, officials released new audio transcripts recovered from the cargo ship, elfaro. both the second and third mates suggested changing course hours before the ship went under. all 30 crew members on board died. new video shows cars on fire after yesterday's daring gold

heist in france. criminals forced the truck off the road and stole gold dust. and then set a car on fire and the fire spread to other vehicles, french police are searching for the suspects that are carrying assault rifles. delta airlines says a woman was drag of the plane after she did not follow directions. it shows police dragging her across the aisle. and broke the rules getting on the plane and refused several orders to get off and then removed and arrested and has yet to be formerly charged. major league baseball is banning hazing. banning the ritual of dressing rookies as women or wearing costumes that could be offensive based on race, sex or nationality. because partly because the players were sharing inappropriate pictures on social

social media. a georgia deputy rushed to save a child that was pinned under an atv buggy that was stuck in the mud. they backed up and pulled it off the 10-year-old boy. the child was okay other than a few bruises, the deputy's quick thinking earned him a life saving medal. a sheriff's department in kentucky is handing out $100 bills instead of tickets. they are pulling over drivers that are struggling to make ends meet. they think they are pulled over for a traffic citation but their frowns turn upside down. this coxs from people that donate to the sheriff's office.

experts say that gas prices are heading back up to $3 a gallon after she agreed to stop production. it's up almost 20 cents from a year ago and places are creeping towards $3 a gallon in some sports of the country. in philadelphia $2.41 a gallon is the average. and the fed is expected to raise interest rates tomorrow for the second time in a decade. policy makers began their policy meeting today and will announce the decision tomorrow. the fed has kept rates near zero

since 2008, but the leaders have indicated that the u.s. economy has improved enough to move toward normal policy. health check this noon, the number of teenagers that smoke electronic cigarettes has gone down. vaping is one of the most common forms of substance abuse by adolescence and it has dropped this year in 10th, 11th and 12th grades. they are hopeful that this is a sign that usage will continue to decrease. and a new study shows we may see fewer chubby babies, we looked at babies 2 and younger enrolled in a government newt ration program. the rate declined from 50% in 2010 to 12% overall in 2014. the biggest improvements were seen in infants from 3 to 5 months old and the study did not track the chirp to see if they

became overweight later in life. your friends could help you beat cancer, researchers found that women with larger social circles had a better chance of surviving breast cancer and not having an occurrence. 64% greater risk of early desk for people that were isolated. the "action news" team is work on news stories tonight at 4:00. we'll continue to follow bill cosby's hearing in norristown minneapolis county throughout the day and you'll see a live report at 4:00 with the very latest. >> plus, we introduce you to a strong grandmother who earned her black belt in karate. david murphy has your forecast when we come right back. ♪

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meteorologist, david murphy is back now with the accuweather forecast. where temperatures are steadily plummeting. >> they are. they will get chilly tonight and tomorrow night and into thursday where we bottom out. as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan right now we are dry. taking a look outside we have sky 6 hd a fair amount of clouds above the river rink at penn's landing and those folks on the ice are bundled up and temperatures getting into the low 40s in philadelphia and not much wind. but it's a cold one. maybe today is the day to get out and skate. in a couple of days it may be too cold for that. 38 is the temperature in philadelphia and winds from the east at 6 miles per hour and expecting them to stay light. upper 30s in allentown and reading and lancaster and low 40s from trenton to cape may at the shore. winds are light and expecting to stay that way today.

the clouds are fairly thick and every now and then they thin out and you get sunshine and looking now like we see a mostly cloudy afternoon with occasional sun possible. the precipitation out to the west will show you in a minutes. it may be an issue for some of you tonight. in the lehigh valley, mostly cloudy and chilly, a high of just 39 degrees, and nice that we have light winds up there. mostly cloudy at the shore, 46 degrees there and in philadelphia, an afternoon high of 43 not much different from where we are right now. mostly cloudy skies and chilly and winds staying down in the single digits. a nice light wind. what about the precipitation, at 5:00 this afternoon. fairly cloudy across the region, and a few breaks, as we get up to 10:00 a chance of snow shower activity breaking out in the western suburbs, doesn't look like this will have a big impact. and it will melt away and die down overnight and it won't be

around by tomorrow morning's rush hour, and if you are driving around slow it down just in case. mostly cloudy overnight after the evening shower getting out of here and the snow shower up north. 33 in philadelphia and suburbs getting down into the mid-20s and winds on the light side overnight tonight, and back up to 42 for the high similar to today and a higher breeze building tomorrow and the big thing on the map tomorrow is the arctic boundary pushing through probably wednesday night into thursday and behind that, you will see the crush of cold air we are talking about and also strong winds building wednesday night and especially through the day on thursday and then on into thursday night. a big area of low pressure rotating to the north of us near quebec is circulating the cold air and windchills on thursday from zero to 10 degrees in the afternoon. it's going to be bitterly is cold on thursday, your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast clouds and sun today, snow shower or rain shower tonight.

clouds and sun on saturday with a high of 42 and frigid air moving in overnight. and the winds pick up on thursday and it feels like 10 degrees in the afternoon with a high of only 25 and a passing snow shower cannot be ruled out and friday cold with a high around 25 but the winds are not quite as bad. but there is the possibility of snow developing late friday or overnight into saturday morning. at the same time temperatures should be rising and we have a reason to believe that the snow could turn to sleet and then freezing rain and then all rain on saturday. depending on how long that takes we could be looking at dicey road conditions on friday night and the early part of saturday morning and even saturday afternoon if things break the wrong way. a time period to watch. >> i'm getting to work -- yeah mule! >> that is all over the internet now. ahead in the next half our of

"action news" at noon. burlington county officials are looking for the man that gunned down a teen on his front porch.

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following for you now on "action news" at 12:30. bill cosby tries to limit the number of accusers that can testify in his upcoming sexual assault trial and the surprise appearance of rapper kanye west, kicks off inaugural speculation. and now the details, bill cosby is back in a montgomery county courtroom for more legal wrangling for his upcoming sex assault trial. he arrived on a hearing for what evidence is allowed. if it rests on one woman's charges or those of many. vernon odom is live now in norristown with more details. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, the legal arguments are heated in court this morning, montgomery county da kevin steele and chief defense lawyer several times y